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M 3.2ml

2 km SE of Union City, Oklahoma

· 6.4 km deep · released about 1,700 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Canadian County 19 kmGrady County 40 kmCaddo County 48 kmOklahoma County 51 kmCleveland County 58 kmMcClain County 59 kmKingfisher County 64 kmBlaine County 72 kmLogan County 73 km
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When
Magnitude
M 3.2 (ml)
Depth
6.4 km below the surface
Felt
21 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Measured shaking
intensity V (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Canadian County, 19 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1933 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 21 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,700 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 9,100× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 6,500× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,700 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.7× more

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 35.3777, -97.9242. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Canadian County, OK 19 km (12 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Canadian County
Grady County, OK 40 km (25 mi) N of here earthquakes near Grady County
Caddo County, OK 48 km (30 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Caddo County
Oklahoma County, OK 51 km (31 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Cleveland County, OK 58 km (36 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Cleveland County
McClain County, OK 59 km (37 mi) NW of here earthquakes near McClain County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.5 8 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma
  2. 1.6 8 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma
  3. 1.6 8 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma
  4. 1.8 11 km WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma
  5. 1.6 11 km WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma
  6. 1.8 13 km WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma
  7. 1.6 5 km W of Yukon, Oklahoma
  8. 1.9 3 km S of Blanchard, Oklahoma
  9. 1.6 4 km ESE of El Reno, Oklahoma
  10. 2.7 6 km NNE of Alex, Oklahoma
  11. 1.5 5 km ESE of Union City, Oklahoma
  12. 1.6 8 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma
  13. 2.1 1 km SSW of Verden, Oklahoma
  14. 1.5 2 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma
  15. 1.6 2 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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